Insights
The Whistling-in-the-Dark Budget
Reality obviously has not caught up with this Government yet. New Zealand is facing an economic crisis, but the Government is having none of it.
Year: 2022
Newsroom
Putin’s war has changed the pacifist reflexes of Europe’s left
Of all the developments triggered by Putin’s war, the left’s departure from pacifism may be the most surprising one. It will be interesting to see whether only the left in Europe will focus on security in this way.
Insights
Bridges to Ukraine
International junkets for public servants are not my cup of tea. But I will make an exception for the New Zealand Transport Agency, Waka Kotahi. Let’s send their infrastructure team to Ukraine.
The Australian
The foreign policy lessons NZ should learn from Germany
When it comes to their foreign policy issues, you might not think Germany and New Zealand have much in common. But the parallels in both countries’ international positioning are astonishing.
Insights
Too much of a good thing
Successful economies have low unemployment. However, these are no ordinary times, and New Zealand’s ultra-low unemployment rate of 3.2% should worry everyone.
Newsroom
Big rouble in little Europe
Europe will face difficult monetary conditions for years to come. If the bank is unlucky, inflation expectations will solidify, and rapid price increases will become a permanent feature for the Eurozone.
Insights
Winning the Government’s lottery
If only the Government’s public relations staff were as good as Lotto New Zealand’s.
Insights
Reconnecting our exporters to the world
As a remote nation, New Zealand always had to work extra hard to remain on the world’s radar. The pandemic amplified this challenge.
Newsroom
Putin’s French candidate, Marine Le Pen
As Putin’s soldiers fight in eastern Ukraine, he is also involved in a battle much further west. Tragically, that western battle may even go his way.
Insights
Gotcha, Albanese
Instead of grilling would-be Prime Ministers on the price of groceries that they are unlikely to buy for themselves anyway, let’s test them on matters they would deal with in office.